Thanks for clarifying that your comment is just "the way you see it." That means it isn't necessarily based in reality or any type of logical reasoning. But I will give you a high five for amusing me! Alaska could care less about Delta except in regards to gate space in Seattle. Everything else is just an annoyance....like Delta going to Juneau or Sitka. You guys are a joke up there and you know it. You fly a small pool of instructor pilots on a barely capable, empty 757s and poach a few summer fisherman out of an enormous supply. Whoop-dee-doo. As for the rest, there is plenty of business to go around and Alaska has a loyal following that will keep them profitable. Their planes are stuffed. I don't know about your loads but as long as we are full, I don't care. You think you are a big deal because you are large due to a merger but you have much larger problems than the Eskimo. Emirates, Norwegian and all the other international airlines after your bread and butter. Maybe you should troll those forums because they really matter to your bottom line and job. RA wants Seattle to get an edge on the competition but you may be just too big and impersonal to make much of a dent with Alaska's customers. Maybe the extra gate space to be constructed will help Delta but your reputation in customer service and your CASM will ensure the Eskimo keeps going strong.